Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2,058 An in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 2,058 An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2023.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Nicaragua peaked at 2,059 An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 400 An, in 1961.
That places Nicaragua 162nd out of 179 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 An | — |
| 1962 | 450 An | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 450 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 An | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 500 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 550 An | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 550 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 600 An | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 600 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 530 An | -11.7% |
| 1971 | 700 An | +32.1% |
| 1972 | 750 An | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 800 An | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 850 An | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 900 An | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 950 An | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 1,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 1,050 An | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 1,050 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 An | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 1,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,100 An | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 1,180 An | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 1,220 An | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 1,260 An | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 1,300 An | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 1,340 An | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 1,370 An | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 780 An | -43.1% |
| 1990 | 1,450 An | +85.9% |
| 1991 | 1,500 An | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 1,900 An | +26.7% |
| 1993 | 1,800 An | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 1,500 An | -16.7% |
| 1995 | 1,600 An | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 1,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,700 An | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 1,700 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,700 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,700 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,800 An | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 1,800 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,830 An | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 1,850 An | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 1,900 An | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 1,900 An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,900 An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,900 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,900 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,900 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,950 An | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 2,000 An | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 2,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,050 An | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 2,000 An | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 2,001 An | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,032 An | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 2,018 An | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 2,022 An | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,037 An | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2,059 An | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 2,056 An | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,058 An | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 511.11 An | 400 An | 600 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 858 An | 530 An | 1,050 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,155 An | 780 An | 1,370 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,645 An | 1,450 An | 1,900 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,848 An | 1,700 An | 1,900 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,997 An | 1,900 An | 2,050 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,052 An | 2,037 An | 2,059 An | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 159 Bahamas 2,173 An compare
- 160 Papua New Guinea 2,153 An compare
- 161 Guadeloupe 2,150 An compare
- 163 Luxembourg 2,000 An compare
- 164 Dominica 1,873 An compare
- 165 Mauritius 1,609 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1448 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 459.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8714 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4056 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Nicaragua?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Nicaragua was 2,058 An in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 2,059 An in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 An in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Nicaragua ranks 162nd out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.